GreenlyLast and first frost dates in Sfax
Tunisia
Sfax had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
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| Last spring frost | none in ten years |
|---|---|
| First autumn frost | none in ten years |
Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.
There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
When the soil warms up in Sfax
The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).
| Soil | Date |
|---|---|
| 5 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 10 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 15 °C | 11 February |
| 18 °C | 11 March |
Frost dates near Sfax
Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Constantine (20 February) and latest in Palermo (23 February).
| City | Distance | Last spring frost | First autumn frost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabès | 113 km | — | — |
| Sousse | 122 km | — | — |
| Tunis | 236 km | — | — |
| Constantine | 417 km | 20 February | 13 December |
| Palermo | 442 km | 23 February | 23 December |
Sfax: weather for the next 7 days
Forecast by Open-Meteo. Nights at or below 0 °C are marked as frost.
Weather in Sfax by month
Average weather in Sfax over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: March–November (20.6–33.3 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: June–September (30.3–33.3 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 8.3 °C. About 205 mm of rain falls in a year, on 37 days; September is the wettest month (33 mm) and July the driest (0 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3 | 8.3 | 16 | 3 |
| February | 18.5 | 9.2 | 19 | 3 |
| March | 20.6 | 11.4 | 24 | 5 |
| April | 22.2 | 13.8 | 18 | 4 |
| May | 26.2 | 17.2 | 13 | 3 |
| June | 30.4 | 21.1 | 4 | 1 |
| July | 33.3 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 32.9 | 24.1 | 8 | 2 |
| September | 30.3 | 22.5 | 33 | 4 |
| October | 26.7 | 18.6 | 28 | 4 |
| November | 22.1 | 13.4 | 21 | 4 |
| December | 18.5 | 10 | 21 | 4 |
Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).
